Florida HB 485: Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to petitions for injunction for 2
protection against domestic violence containing 3
allegations of marriage fraud; amending s. 741.30, 4
F.S.; revising a petition for injunction for 5
protection against domestic violence; requiring the 6
clerk of court to electronically transmit certain 7
documentation to the State Board of Immigration 8
Enforcement within a specified time period under 9
certain circumstances; requiring a representative of 10
the State Board of Immigration Enforcement to initiate 11
contact with a petitioner within a specified time 12
period; providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 17
741.30, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (e) is added 18
to subsection (8) of that section, to read: 19
741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of 20
court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary 21
injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification 22
system; enforcement; public records exemption.— 23
(3) 24
(b) The verified petition shall be in substantially the 25

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following form: 26
PETITION FOR 27
INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION 28
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 29
The undersigned petitioner ...(name)... declares under penalties 30
of perjury that the following statements are true: 31
(a) Petitioner resides at: ...(address)... 32
(Petitioner may furnish address to the court in a separate 33
confidential filing if, for safety reasons, the petitioner 34
requires the location of the current residence to be 35
confidential.) 36
(b) Respondent resides at: ...(last known address)... 37
(c) Respondent's last known place of employment: ...(name 38
of business and address)... 39
(d) Physical description of respondent:.................... 40
Race........ 41
Sex........ 42
Date of birth........ 43
Height........ 44
Weight........ 45
Eye color........ 46
Hair color........ 47
Distinguishing marks or scars........ 48
(e) Aliases of respondent:................................. 49
(f) Respondent is the spouse or former spouse of the 50

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petitioner or is any other person related by blood or marriage 51
to the petitioner or is any other person who is or was residing 52
within a single dwelling unit with the petitioner, as if a 53
family, or is a person with whom the petitioner has a child in 54
common, regardless of whether the petitioner and respondent are 55
or were married or residing together, as if a family. 56
(g) The following describes any other cause of action 57
currently pending between the petitioner and respondent:......... 58
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The petitioner should also describe any previous or pending 60
attempts by the petitioner to obtain an injunction for 61
protection against domestic violence in this or any other 62
circuit, and the results of that attempt:........................ 63
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Case numbers should be included if available. 65
(h) Petitioner is either a victim of domestic violence or 66
has reasonable cause to believe he or she is in imminent danger 67
of becoming a victim of domestic violence because respondent 68
has: ...(mark all sections that apply and describe in the spaces 69
below the incidents of violence or threats of violence, 70
specifying when and where they occurred, including, but not 71
limited to, locations such as a home, school, place of 72
employment, or visitation exchange)... 73
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....committed or threatened to commit domestic violence 76
defined in s. 741.28, Florida Statutes, as any assault, 77
aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, 78
sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false 79
imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical 80
injury or death of one family or household member by another. 81
With the exception of persons who are parents of a child in 82
common, the family or household members must be currently 83
residing or have in the past resided together in the same single 84
dwelling unit. 85
....previously threatened, harassed, stalked, or physically 86
abused the petitioner. 87
....attempted to harm the petitioner or family members or 88